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AT THE ELEVENTH HOUR: REFLECTIONS, HOPES AND ANXIETIES AT THE CLOSING OF THE GREAT WAR, 1918
Written by Hugh Cecil; Peter Liddle.
Stock no. 1818273
Published by Leo Cooper. 1st 1998. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Written by historical scholars from all over the world and edited by Cecil & Liddle. This volume draws on their specialist expertise and from original letters, diaries, public records and newspapers, to chart and analyse reactions at the close of the Great War in particular countries. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. xxxv and 412 pages including index. ISBN: 0850526094.

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BETRAYAL AT VENLO
Written by Leo Kessler.
Stock no. 1818272
Published by Leo Cooper. 1st 1991. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The secret story of appeasement and treachery 1939-1945. B/w photos. ISBN: 0850522005.

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THE IMPERIAL ROMAN ARMY
Written by Yann Le Bohec.
Stock no. 1818262
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd.. 1st 1994. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A look in detail at the structure and development of the army in the first three centuries AD, examining its organization, training and role in Roman Society, to see why it has always been accorded with such a prominent position in Rome's history and whether that view is justified. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0713471662. Name in ink to front endpaper. Pictorial dustwrapper is price-cut.

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HIMMLER'S SS LOYAL TO THE DEATH'S HEAD
Written by Robin Lumsden.
Stock no. 1318402
Published by The History Press. 1st thus 2009. Slightly better than very good condition.

The origins, development and organisation of both the Waffen-SS and the Allgemeine-SS. Pictorial cardwraps. 293 pages. B/w photos and some colour plates. ISBN: 9780752450261. Minimal rubbing to corners. Textblock is slightly grubby.

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WALKING WITH THE DAMNED
Written by Ted Schwarz.
Stock no. 1318391
Published by Paragon House. 1st 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The shocking murder of the man who freed 30,000 prisoners from the Nazis. Black spine with gilt title, green boards. 326 pages. ISBN: 1557783152. Name and date in pencil to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is price-cut.

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VOICES FROM THE PENINSULA
Written by Ian Fletcher.
Stock no. 1818252
Published by Greenhill Books. 1st 2001. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Eyewitness Accounts by Soldiers of Wellington's Army 1808-1814. Edited by Ian Fletcher drawing on rare letters, diaries and memoirs. Black boards, silver title to spine. B/w & colour illustrations. ISBN: 1853674591. A few minor grubby marks to endpapers and text block. Plates clean but slightly crinkled. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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THE WAR DEAD OF THE COMMONWEALTH 1939-45 CEMETERIES AT PORT SAID, SUEZ, GAZA AND ASWAN
No author listed.
Stock no. 1318344
Published by Commonwealth War Graves Commission. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition.

The register of the names of those who fell in the 1939-1945 war and are buried in cemeteries in Egypt. Large format. Grey card wraps. Spiral bound. 52 pages. The book is a little bowed (it does not sit flat on the surface) and there is a tiny black mark to top edge of rear cover (also affecting a few page of the textblock) but is otherwise in excellent condition.

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WELSH GUARDS 1915-1965
Written by L.F. Ellis; R.M. Stevenson; S. Tapper-Jones; et al.
Stock no. 1317971
1965. Fair condition.

An informal account of the fifty years. Green cloth, gilt title and vignette to front. Colour frontis of HM The Queen and HRH The Prince Philip, b/w photos throughout. Spine bumped and split. Neat presentation inscription in ink to front fly-leaf. Binding has broken between frontis and letter from Buckingham Palace (not sure if any prelims are missing). This is copy no. 15.

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HUNGARIAN EAGLES: A MAGYAR KIRALYI HONVED LEGIERO 1920-1945
Written by Gyula Sarhidai; Gyorgy Punka; Viktor Kozlik.
Stock no. 1817913
Published by Hikoki Publications. 1st 1996. Slightly better than very good condition.

The Hungarian Air Forces. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos, colour & b/w illustrations. 62 pages. ISBN: 095198991X. Slight creasing to card covers. Contents clean.

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WAR INVENTIONS AND HOW THEY WERE INVENTED
Written by Charles R. Gibson.
Stock no. 1317852
Published by Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd.. 1917. Almost very good condition.

Science For Children series. An interestingly written description of the many appliances and weapons used in war, and how they work, told in simple language. Green pictorial cloth. B/w plates, diagrams and text illustrations. 255 numbered pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Slight light speckling to cloth. Name and date in green ink to front pastedown, some other writing blotted out with blue ink. Foxing to contents. One page has ragged edges where it has been torn open after the binding process.

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SPANISH CIVIL WAR AIR FORCES
Written by Christopher Shores.
Stock no. 1817883
Published by Sky Books Press. 1st USA 1977. Very good condition.

AIRCAM/AIRWAR series no. 3. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. Colour illustrations in centre. 48 pages. ISBN: 0894020153. Card covers and contents a little grubby & browned.

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SOVIET TANK UNITS 1939-45
Written by David Porter.
Stock no. 1817875
Published by Amber Books. 1st 2009. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The Essential Vehicle Identification Guide. Charts the development of the Soviet tank arm from the prewar years, through early combat operations in the Far East and Finland and ending with the Red Army's successful assault on Berlin in April 1945. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour illustrations and b/w photos. 192 pages including index. ISBN: 9781906626211.

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